2023 NHL Entry Draft

[26Mats]

Removing the Russian factor.. Carlsson is my #2 prospect in the draft. He's just an insanely smart and skilled player in a 6'3" package that will just get more dominant as he gets stronger.

You're potentially looking at the next Anze Kopitar.

So are you picking Fantelli or Carlsson if we win the 2nd lottery and are pickng 2nd overall?

 

[Team_Spirit]

Back in 2021

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Habs keep the Florida pick.

Which pair are you taking. It's one of those you're forced to take one, or the other.

Benson
Dragicevic

Or

Reinbacher
Wood.

 

[Mrb1p]

Wouldn't want to draft a complimentary player (Brindley) to a dynamic player (Fantilli). Ideally, we would be drafting the dynamic player of a line with our first pick.

What if we do something like last year's draft? Draft a safer player with our first pick and then draft a more boom-bust prospect a la Hutson with our 2nd 1st rounder?

Say we draft:
7. Dvorsky / Leonard / Moore
14. Cristall

How would the board feel about that?

I have Cristal at 7 and Dvorsky/Leonard inside my top 15 so ill be glad with all this.

Moore is outside the top 20 for me and I wouldn't be too thrilled, I do think he's a fair bet to be a player though.

Just a thought, I think Brindley would be fantastic on a team like Buffalo with their many big and talented forwards, or even with Dallas or Florida.
We don’t really need that type of player right now. I do like him tho

Especially when the Habs have guys like Farrell, Mesar and Roy who should end up playing a similar part in the Habs future if they pan out.

The Habs need dat dere gamebreaker, as they always f***ing do, lmao.

Habs keep the Florida pick.

Which pair are you taking. It's one of those you're forced to take one, or the other.

Benson
Dragicevic

Or

Reinbacher
Wood.

Two because Dragicevic is a step down from everyone here

 

[RationalExpectations]

Habs keep the Florida pick.

Which pair are you taking. It's one of those you're forced to take one, or the other.

Benson
Dragicevic

Or

Reinbacher
Wood.

Reinbacher Wood no hesitation. Prefer Reinbacher over Dragicevic and Wood over Benson

 

[WeThreeKings]

So are you picking Fantelli or Carlsson if we win the 2nd lottery and are pickng 2nd overall?

Carlsson

 

[abo9]

I doubt very seriously any GM picks a player that high who may not come for many years, if at all.
Don't get me wrong I love this player and his upside but most GM's know they have a limited amount of time to get their franchise turned around and competitive. A guy like Will Smith could help the Habs much sooner.
It's a tough call either way.

Depends. If Michkov is as good as advertised, you'd shoot yoursekf in the foot to bring a player who won't be an immediate contributor and difference maker.

Id the selected player needs a few years to season, then why not wait for a more "guaranteed" superstar in the making?

Unless Gm's contactsd him and he really is evasive concerning coming to NA... I wouldnt skip over him too long.

 

[Habbietat]

Can we pay the club to get him here right away? or is that frowned upon, im sure molsen would shell out the dough

 

[rickthegoon]

1. we may be drafting 8 - 10 at this rate.

2. My gut still tells me Mishkov is going 2nd, 3rd or 4th.

But I would be over the moon if we got him. And I also don't care if he even comes in 5 years. Having Mishkov from 23 years old to 38 would be fine by me.

Unless a team already has a Marcel Aubut plan in motion, Michkov is not going top 4. Maybe 5th, but my guess he's going somewhere 8-12th.
Under normal circumstances he's a lock in at #2.

 

[JT3]

Smith is most likely a winger. I don't know, he's slow, often uninvolved, doesn't care much on the defensive side or when the puck isn't close to him.

His puckhandling is great, he's an awesome puck distributor and all but he 100% lacks dynamism. His shot isn't great (Its okay), etc. I have trouble coming up with a similar player that had success in the NHL. Whereas I can come up with playstyle/skillwise examples for everyone else.

Suzuki is the closest one I can think of but Nick has that absolute laser beam wrister that Smith just does not have and I also feel like Nick is low-key tough to play against because he's sneaky and so stocky, whereas Smith is just... there ?

I'm right there with you on Smith. He gives me Galchenyuk vibes. And I agree I don't see any high end NHL centers that have a comparable game.

 

[Mrb1p]

I'm right there with you on Smith. He gives me Galchenyuk vibes. And I agree I don't see any high end NHL centers that have a comparable game.

Oh Galchenyuk could be one, but Chucky was super dynamic in juniors though. Much more than Smith.

 

[JT3]

Oh Galchenyuk could be one, but Chucky was super dynamic in juniors though. Much more than Smith.

I was in my teens when we drafted Chucky but from what I remember he had trouble executing his slower paced game in the NHL, as well as his defense and engagement issues. Similar problems I could see Smith having.

Also Will Smith is just a terrible hockey name, so there's that

 

[habsterr]

Habs keep the Florida pick.

Which pair are you taking. It's one of those you're forced to take one, or the other.

Benson
Dragicevic

Or

Reinbacher
Wood.

Reinbacher Wood for me.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

if only the draft could go that way..

They drafted Reinbacher at #3 ahead of Michkov & Carlsson? OKAY. Spelled Michkov wrong (Mitchkov? What?), and drafted Colby Barlow twice.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

I'm 100% down to draft michkov, no ragrets

 

[Tanknation]

Michkov will almost certainly be drafted in the top 4. Don't see him sliding any further than that so unless we win one of the lotteries it's not looking like that will be a possibility.

I don't see him going till least after 10. Draft is to deep. Gm's don't like risks and having wait this long. If draft was weaker sure I can see that.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Can we pay the club to get him here right away? or is that frowned upon, im sure molsen would shell out the dough

Hell in montreall? We can probably get a go fund me going for it

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Can we pay the club to get him here right away? or is that frowned upon, im sure molsen would shell out the dough

I think that’s a war crime

 

[General Fanager]

Russia is persona non grata right now.

We would be very toxic for drafting a Russian and it would not be acceptable.

We will likely draft a polite well mannered North American character boi.

Blaming a 17 year kid is silly......

 

[MasterD]

Let's not do Andrei Kostytsin again.

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

I was in my teens when we drafted Chucky but from what I remember he had trouble executing his slower paced game in the NHL, as well as his defense and engagement issues. Similar problems I could see Smith having.

Also Will Smith is just a terrible hockey name, so there's that

Change his name to William Smithwick, now you got a player.

I f***ing should have seen it with Lafrenière, that's not an elite hockey name.

 

[River Meadow]

Blaming a 17 year kid is silly......

Oh, I completely agree and would wholeheartedly welcome Michkov.

I'm just saying what the general consensus would be.

Let's not do Andrei Kostytsin again.

Who do you want us to draft in 5-6-7 spot?

 

[River Meadow]

Change his name to William Smithwick, now you got a player.

I f***ing should have seen it with Lafrenière, that's not an elite hockey name.

Good point.

Lafrenière is like a 3rd or 4th liner name at best.

 

[Lockin17]

Good point.

Lafrenière is like a 3rd or 4th liner name at best.

Danill But is a first liner name for sure..

 

[SamHabsFan]

OHere we go.. 2nd last iteration.

Name​	Position​	League​
Connor Bedard​	C​	WHL​
Leo Carlsson​	C​	SHL​
Adam Fantilli​	C​	NCAA​
Matvei Michkov​	RW​	KHL​
Will Smith​	C​	USHL​
Zach Benson​	LW​	WHL​
David Reinbacher​	RHD​	NL​
Ryan Leonard​	C​	USHL​
Brayden Yager​	C​	WHL​
Oliver Moore​	C​	USHL​
Eduard Sale​	LW​	Cze​
Dalibor Dvorsky​	C​	Allsvenskan​
Matthew Wood​	C​	NCAA​
Samuel Honzek​	C​	WHL​
Riley Heidt​	LW​	WHL​
Jacob Fowler​	G​	USHL​
Mikhail Gulyayev​	LHD​	KHL​
Carson Bjarnason​	G​	WHL​
Lukas Dragicevic​	RHD​	WHL​
Michael Hrabal​	G​	USHL​
Nate Danielson​	C​	WHL​
Quentin Musty​	LW​	OHL​
Axel Sandin-Pellikka​	RHD​	SHL​
Daniil But​	LW​	KHL​
Gracyn Sawchyn​	C​	WHL​
Koehn Ziemmer​	RW​	WHL​
Andrew Cristall​	LW​	WHL​
Colby Barlow​	LW​	OHL​
Dmitri Simashev​	LD​	KHL​
Tom Willander​	RHD​	SHL​
Otto Stenberg​	C​	SHL​
Oskar Fisker Molgaard​	LW​	SHL​
Calum Ritchie​	C​	OHL​
Theo Lindstein​	LHD​	SHL​
Beau Akey​	RHD​	OHL​
Etienne Morin​	LHD​	QMJHL​
Aydar Suniev​	C​	BCHL​
Lenni Haamenaho​	RW​	Liiga​
Adam Gajan​	G​	USHL​
David Edstrom​	C​	SHL​
Carson Rehkopf​	LW​	OHL​
Felix Nilsson​	C​	SHL​
Noah Dower-Nilsson​	C​	J20​
Gabe Perreault​	LW​	USHL​
Ethan Gauthier​	RW​	QMJHL​
Coulson Pitre​	C​	OHL​
Nick Lardis​	RW​	OHL​
Gavin Brindley​	RW​	NCAA​
Kalan Lind​	LW​	WHL​
Alexander Rykov​	LW​	VHL​
Charlie Stramel​	RW​	NCAA​
Luca Cagnoni​	LHD​	WHL​
Kasper Halttunen​	LW​	Liiga​
Bradley Nadeau​	C​	BCHL​
Mathieu Cataford​	RW​	QMJHL​
Caden Price​	LHD​	WHL​
Arttu Karki​	LHD​	U20​
Tanner Molendyk​	LHD​	WHL​
William Whitelaw​	C​	USHL​
Hunter Brzustewicz​	RHD​	OHL​
Connor Levis​	C​	WHL​
Oliver Bonk​	RHD​	OHL​
Matthew Mania​	RHD​	OHL​
Ryan Conmy​	RW​	USHL​
Tanner Ludtke​	LW​	USHL​
Damian Clara​	G​	Allsvenskan​
Alex Ciernik​	LW​	Allsvenskan​
Cameron Allen​	RHD​	OHL​
Maxim Strbak​	RHD​	USHL​
Jordan Tourigny​	RHD​	QMJHL​
Anton Wahlberg​	C​	SHL​
Felix Unger Sorum​	RW​	J20​
Petter Vesterheim​	C​	Allsvenskan​
Emil Jarventie​	LW​	Mestis​
Noel Nordh​	LW​	SHL​
Roman Kantserov​	LW​	MHL​
Jesse Nurmi​	LW​	Liiga​
Jadin Lipinski​	RW​	WHL​
Jakub Stancl​	LW​	SHL​
Timur Mukhanov​	C​	VHL​
Jayden Perron​	RW​	USHL​
Joey Willis​	C​	OHL​
Luca Pinelli​	C​	OHL​
Trey Augustine​	G​	USHL​
Zeb Forsfjall​	C​	SHL​
Tuomas Uronen​	RW​	Liiga​
Tyler Peddle​	C​	QMJHL​
Andrew Strathmann​	LHD​	USHL​
Denver Barkey​	C​	OHL​
Aiden Fink​	RW​	AJHL​
Tommasso De Luca​	C​	WHL​
Gavin Mccarthy​	RHD​	USHL​
Aram Minnetian​	RHD​	USHL​
Jake Fisher​	LW​	USHS​
Rainers Rullers​	C​	Latvia​
Easton Cowan​	C​	OHL​
Vadim Schreiner​	C​	AlpsHL​
Adam Dybal​	G​	CzeU20​
Rasmus Kumpulainen​	LW​	Mestis​
Yegor Klimovich​	LW​	MHL​
Martin Misiak​	C​	USHL​
Beckett Hendrickson​	LW​	USHL​
Scott Ratzlaff​	G​	WHL​
Teodor Forssander​	LW​	J20​
Jan Sprynar​	RW​	QMJHL​
Griffin Erdman​	C​	USHL​
Nikita Susuyev​	LW​	MHL​
Samuel Urban​	G​	SVK-2​
Ignat Lutfullin​	RW​	MHL​
Valentin Zhugin​	LW​	OHL​
Carter Sotheran​	RHD​	WHL​
Gavyn Thoreson​	LW​	USHL​
Ondrej Molnar​	LW​	OHL​
Daniel Alexander Jencko​	C​	J20​
Ian Scherzer​	C​	J20​
Tomas Milic​	G​	WHL​
Hoyt Stanley​	RHD​	BCHL​
Leo Eperjese​	LD​	USHL​
Calle Karlsson​	C​	J20​
Adam Zidlicky​	RW​	OHL​
Luke Coughlin​	LHD​	QMJHL​
Sean McGurn​	C​	​

Good work! I am purely stat watching saying this but, you are not the only one placing Cristall outside the top 15, whats the deal with this guy? Elite stats, similar to benson and he seems to have some nice highlight real goals this season, he's got to have huge flaws right?